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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Buddy Tate - The Great Buddy Tate (Concord 1981) 
You are invited on a "trip down memory lane".
Oh, they also dispatched a Garrard 301 and a box of spare tubes like CV4004/M8137/ECC803S etc. probably worth $000s now. 
You are invited on a "trip down memory lane".
The 10 tube phono preamp with dual regulated supplies and oversized external transformers I built back in the 80s which my folks threw away in ignorance when I was abroad. Paralleled Mullard M8137 phono stage tubes and CV5042 Brimar black plate ca... 
Harman Kardon TA-230 tuning knobs
Like these? 
Pick my next tonearm....PLEASE
Both are fine tonearms. You may not need to spend so much though. Look at the Jelco 850S from George Merrill for around $900 with the JAC501 cable. 
Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage
What's wrong with it? 
I need a loudness switch
Not kidding but look at ear cleaning too. 
I need a loudness switch
The SS Carmen has a lowish output of just over 2mV. The Decware prefers 5mV.You could check with them to see if you could swap the 12AU7 for a 12AX7 for more gain which might give you some more "authority." 
Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage
@lewm Easy now! I was being a little facetious.  
Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage
The consensus here seems to be that the Herron is the best.  
Question about EAT Turntable
B Sharp is a pared down C Major. Isn't the headshell fixed on these arms? 
45 tubes for Yamamoto A-08s
Congrats on a beautiful amp. 6moons has a good write-up on the Yamamoto. The consensus is that the EML tubes push an already pretty hot amp into the lit up category.  
How old to qualify for vintage?
I think of it in different ways.1. Tubes and idlers (hard vintage)2. Pre-digital (soft vintage) 
Newbie Question
Check out these amps as an idea of what's out there off the beaten path. 
Newbie Question
97dB will play loud with even a few watts. Depending on budget, speaker quality, and wherewithal, you could jump straight into a nice SET. If that's not for you, any tube integrated or power amp will be a massive improvement over solid state recei...